the shits

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the shits

noun

plural, plural only, slang, vulgar Diarrhoea. "I feel bad we're havin' this nice bonding moment while we both got the shits." "Could be worse. We could be trying to use the toilet simultaneously."
Similar: the runs, the squirts, the squits, the trots

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@misc{the_shits_2026,
  title = {the shits},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20shits},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}